Enterprise AI Solutions Architect

D.R. Horton; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and Paid

Multiple Voluntary and Companyprovided

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking an AI Solution Architect to shape how data, AI, and digital solutions are used across the enterprise.

This hands-on role translates business problems into scalable architectures and guides design decisions across data, APIs, security, and AI services. You will lead architecture discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, and collaborate with engineering, security, governance, and business teams to deliver production-ready solutions while staying current with industry practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of solution architecture, data architecture, software engineering, data engineering, or related experience.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, APIs/integration, cloud architecture, AI/ML and generative AI patterns, security, and observability.
• Experience designing production solutions that span multiple systems and teams.
• Strong communication and ability to explain architecture to both business and technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership, communicate clearly, and deliver results in an evolving environment.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across the organization, balancing enterprise standards with business needs and operating realities.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and product requirements into end-to-end solution architectures covering data, AI, APIs, applications, identity, security, observability, and support.
• Define domain data models, data flows, integration patterns, semantic access, RAG/knowledge patterns, and AI service interactions.
• Ensure priority solutions align to enterprise reference architectures while documenting justified exceptions and local configuration needs.
• Lead technical design sessions and architecture reviews with engineering, platform, security, governance, vendors, and business subject‑matter experts (SMEs).
• Evaluate solution alternatives and communicate tradeoffs in speed, complexity, cost, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Represent the function in cross-functional discovery, architecture, governance, operational‑readiness, and continuous‑improvement activities as appropriate.
• Stay current on relevant data, AI, digital, software, and industry practices and apply new capabilities when they create practical business value.
• Identify, shape, and pilot new opportunities where data, AI, and digital capabilities can create business value, operating with an owner's mindset and a bias toward building, testing, and learning quickly.
• Conduct all business in a professional and ethical manner.
• Ability to travel overnight

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud architecture

AI/ML patterns

API integration

Security & observability

Stakeholder comms

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related field

Job description

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking an AI Solution Architect to shape how data, AI, and digital solutions are used across the enterprise.

This hands-on role translates business problems into scalable architectures and guides design decisions across data, APIs, security, and AI services. You will lead architecture discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, and collaborate with engineering, security, governance, and business teams to deliver production-ready solutions while staying current with industry practices